March 2004

  • When Will it Stop?

    Today we have yet another example of a government gone awry. The State of Georgia has apparently decided to decree mutilation of the female genitals to be illegal. For those who have heard horror stories about children in remote areas who are mutilated, you might applaud. I might…

  • Have You No Shame?

    So I'm at the Food Lion. I have a grand total of four items, so naturally I look to the express lane. Before I can get there, another lady beats me to the line. No problem, I think to myself: It's the express lane, and thus she won't…

  • Boy Gets Girl

    We once again made our way to a production of the Off Tryon Theatre Company (OTTC) last night. On our last visit, a few months ago, we saw the fine production of Quills. Once again, we were not disappointed. The show this time was Boy Gets Girl, the…

  • Rude and Stupid

    I don't pretend to understand grafitti, the tagging of things with your name, someone else's name, an insult, or perhaps even a URL. It just doesn't make sense to me. Someone other than yourself takes the time to do something, and this somehow gives you the right to…

  • North Carolina Tourism

    It's official. The most popular tourist destination in North Carolina is… Concord Mills? That's right, compared to all other tourist attractions in the state, a shopping center wins the prize. 15.3 million visitors last year. That's a lot of shopping. Apparently the stodgy old Blue Ridge Parkway in…

  • New Day, New Grievance

    This time, I'm sure you'll be surprised to know that it's about another football player. In this case, he seems to think he's missing $6.5 million. Now I don't know about you, but even if I had a contract for nearly $70 million, I'd make sure that extra…

  • Lack of Commitment

    Some days (not that SomeDays) I just wonder what people are thinking when they write. Of course, there are probably some days that I could say the same about myself. But consider this headline: Teens who make virginity pledge get sexually transmitted disease at the same rate as…

  • Why Do People Steal?

    So I'm doing the weekly shopping in Aldi. If you have an Aldi near you and haven't tried it out, you might just want to give it a go. Prices are good, products are good, why not? Because you can't write a check or use a credit card?…

  • Revisiting the Browser

    After two weeks or so, I'm still using Mozilla Firefox as my primary browser. I haven't yet completely dumped MSIE, but I have only fired it up two or three times thus far. Primarily to check and see if the problems I was having in Firefox were browser-related…

  • More Kudos for Amazon

    I must say that the Amazon wish list feature is simply divine. Okay, now I feel like I need to have some tea or something. Seriously, since I added the link a few months ago, I have received a number of surprises in the mail. Very nice….